Trick toy



M. BREDOW June 18, 1940.

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UNITE stares TRICK TOY Max Bredow, Waterloo, Iowa Application February 28, 1938, Serial No. 193,115

1 Claim. (Cl. 272-27) My invention relates to improvements in toys, be mounted upon a Wooden handle I-Ia, and and the object of my improvements is to furnish preferably of full size. This head as shown has a trick toy, so constructed and outwardly varthe percussion face and peen of such a hammer, Ously tinted or colored las ,to resemlble a tool or but the device may represent any other percus- .3 other object, such as a hammer or otherwise such sion tool or device used as a mimic device lof this 6 as intended to deceive an observer unacquainted or any other kind jokingly when brandished.

With its construction, and as a laughable trick This device has a continuous wall about its device when used. inner hollow, which may be of any suitable flexible Another object of my improvements is to con- Or elastic material such as soft yieldable rubber,

10 struct this device With a flexible elastic outer and as shown is formed in the similitude of a l0 Wall closed about an inner soft elastic lling, hammer with handle and head, respectively numsuch as will be harmless when jokingly used as a bered l and 2, which are yrespectively appropribrandished implement against a person unacately tinted or colored, and an end projection la quainted With its harmless construction and Who represents a short projection of the handle l5 will thus be amusingly deceived thereby, thinking through the head, tinted like the handle I. 15 it is a dangerous menace against him. The handle and head contain a continuous ll- Another object of my improvements is to eming as 0f Sponge lllib'ber 0r Other Yieldable 01 ploy in the above stated construction, light reresilient or elastic substance, bendable and light, siliently bendable reinf-orcing means traversing as shown at 3. A light resilient Wire Il is emthe soft filling sufficiently strong to keep the toy bedded in the lling centrally throughout the 20 in shape when brandished 0r thrown, yet perlength Of the handle, and bent OPDOSGIY angumitting the toy to yield in percussion without larly in and throughout .the head centrally, to harming an object or person, reinforce both, keeping the toy in shape but yield- I have attained the above objects by the means ine t0 percussion Without harming a person in 2.5 which are hereinafter described, claimed and striking. The wire is preferably doubled upon shown in the accompanying drawing, and it is itself through the handle and head, yeldingly- TENT OFFECE to be understood that various shaped devices of In use, this similitude of a hammer or other the said construction may be used Without deobject can be jokingly brandished or thrown parting from the principles of this invention. against a person unacquainted with its yielding Fig. 1 is a longitudinal medial section of such construction, and Without harming him or an-I 30 a toy or amusement device, as above constructed other. and which may be used as a trick percussion de- I claim: vice, such as a mechanics hammer. Fig. 2 is An elastic and resilient percussion toy, consista plan view of such a hammer similitude taken ing of a unitary handle and cross-head having a from one side. core of elastic sponge rubber, a resilient wire bent 35 As the device appears to an observer, it seems in crossing convolutions therethrough, and a to Ibe a veritable mechanics hammer having a denser wrapping of rubber encompassing said head (see Fig. 2) blackened or tinted to appear handle and cross-head and adherent thereto. as of iron o r steel, and said head 2 appearing to MAX BREDOW. 

